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November 24, 2008
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The cost of Canucks
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS for having too many Canadians on the ice. That’s the penalty the last-place Vityaz Chekhov club was assessed following a recent game versus Traktor Chelyabinsk. Traktor coach Andrei Nazarov, a renowned pugilist during his playing days in the NHL, filed a protest after his club lost the game 3-1. Vityaz had five Canadians – Chris Simon, Darcy Verot, Nathan Perrott, Derrick Walser and Ahren Spylo – dressed. Although league rules prohibit clubs from using more than four foreigners per game, teams are allowed five import skaters on their roster, or three skaters and a goalie, but only four in any one game. The league sided with Traktor, reversing the game’s outcome to give Traktor a 5-0 win and fined the Vityaz club 500,000 rubles (about $18,000). It was a severe blow to…
RISE OF THE RIGHT
It’s probably cold comfort for Republicans who no longer have control of the Oval Office, Senate or Congress. But take it from us, the right is on the rise. In recent years, finding an elite right-hand shot defenseman has been about as easy as locating weapons of mass destruction. But that will change in a big way in the coming seasons. For starters, Shea Weber of the Nashville Predators, Brent Burns of the Minnesota Wild, Mike Green of the Washington Capitals, Mike Komisarek of the Montreal Canadiens and Erik Johnson of the St. Louis Blues all shoot from the starboard side and all have the potential to be Norris Trophy candidates in the not-so-distant future. But it was at the 2008 draft where right-shooting defensemen exploded onto the scene. In fact, the…
The Calder Chase
Derick Brassard THE DEAL In his first dozen games, Brassard had accumulated a team-best five goals and 12 points – exactly six times the amount he had in a weak 17-game stint with Columbus last year – and was named the NHL’s rookie of the month in October. He accomplished all that despite the fact the 21-year-old was ninth among Blue Jackets forwards in ice time. “He looks stronger out there,” one Western Conference NHL scout said, “and he’s playing like he knows he’s stronger.” CALDER ODDS 5-1 Drew Doughty THE DEAL Can Doughty be a serious Calder contender despite just one goal in his first 11 games? You better believe it; the 18-year-old blueliner (drafted No. 2 overall by Los Angeles last summer) was second on the team in ice time and led…
North’s map
FOR BABY BOOMERS GROWING UP in the early 1960s, the name Jay North was associated with the actor who played the lead role in the television series, Dennis the Menace. But for hockey trivia experts, Jay North was the first high school hockey player selected in the NHL entry draft. A center, North was chosen in the third round, 62nd overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in 1980. “Jay was an outstanding high school hockey player,” remembered Hall of Famer Scotty Bowman, who was coach-GM of the Sabres at the time. “He could really control a game on the ice. “He had the skills and the talent. He could have made it in the NHL.” Tom Kurvers, an 11-year NHLer and Hobey Baker winner in 1984, took the praise a step further. “Jay North had the…
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